Five people suspected of participating in a network of antiquities trafficking from unstable areas in the Near and Middle East and sold on the art market in France were placed in police custody Monday and Tuesday in Paris, learned l 'AFP from concordant sources.
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These people, belonging to a network of professionals involving art dealers, experts and international museums, were arrested as part of a judicial investigation opened in February, said these judicial sources and close to the file, confirming a RTL information.